• Helping make the takeover happen in June: Portsmouth's chief executive David Lampitt, who joined the club in April 2010 having left his previous job as the FA's head of football integrity. "It's been a complex process, a long one, very properly conducted. But I believe we've found owners who will take a long-term view."

• Also passing football's fit and proper person tests at Portsmouth since 2006: •Sulaiman al-Fahim – frontman for unnamed investors and "close friend" of fraudster Thaksin Shinawatra. •Ali al-Faraj – Saudi "billionaire" who told the press he had "no interest" in football and placed the club's affairs in the hands of convicted fraudster Daniel Azougy.

Other news: Sepp's week

Reclaiming the news agenda after a tough fortnight: Sepp – welcoming next month's release of documents relating to Fifa's 1990s ISL bribery scandal as a chance to purge his executive committee. "It does look like some people won't be able to stay."

(3: Number of years Paraguayan Nicolás Leoz has survived so far on Sepp's executive committee since being named in court papers as taking £85k in kickbacks from ISL. In May Sepp attended a dinner dance to celebrate Leoz winning a sixth term as Conmebol's president: "I am so glad for Nicolás! We are special friends.")

• Also last week – Sepp clarifies Fifa's relationship with tax: "As an association, we do not make any profit. We only make surpluses that are channelled into our reserves. Reserves are not taxed in any business." (Current reserves: £800m.)

Fine of the week

€10k: Uefa's fine for Legia Warsaw after fans displayed a 90m-long "jihad" banner during their match against Hapoel Tel Aviv in September. Local prosecutors said the banner was "stupidity, not fascism … outrageous, but not criminal". €110k: Uefa's fine for Barcelona after fans lit flares following their Super Cup win in August.

Sack news

Argentina: 12 November, San Lorenzo coach Asad Omar: "I'm going nowhere. I came to San Lorenzo to work, and a good run of results will change everything. I have no fear: I talked to the president, Carlos Abdo, and he reassured me – I am supported by the leadership." 21 November: Sacked.

Projects of the week

1) Guus Hiddink on what attracts him about a possible £22m-a-year deal with Anzhi Makhachkala in Dagestan: "I like the project because it's about more than football. It's nice for the region which has lived in poverty. If through football people can build other things as well, then it's a very beautiful project."

2) Sven-Goran Eriksson: flying to Iran to discuss a £1m offer to coach Persepolis FC. (2010: Agent Athole Still on why his client joined Notts County. "For so long the media have tried to portray Sven as only in it for the money, but nothing could be further from the truth. He's a football man – he has been enchanted by this challenge.")

Row of the week

Marseille coach Didier Deschamps versus unsettled André-Pierre Gignac – Gignac refusing to apologise in front of the squad the day after "hurling two big insults" at his coach. Sources say the row reignited the next day over "respect issues". Deschamps: "First, don't say tu to me, say vous"; Gignac: "Why should I say vous to you if you say tu to me?" Marseille say Gignac is "training with the reserves".

Death of football latest

2008, Emmanuel Adebayor: "Money is killing football: people are making their decisions based on money. If I made my decisions because of money, I would not be at Arsenal. I'm at Arsenal for love." 2011: Manu says he will stay at Spurs for love if they match his £140k-a-week wages. "We all play football to get money."

Official of the week

Argentina: Rosario junior league president Reynaldo Divonis, playing down concerns after an under-12s post-match brawl started with "a mother slapping a goalkeeper" and ended with an uncle receiving "severe gunshot wounds". Divonis: "It's an isolated case. In over 3,600 games played this year, no one else was shot."

Raw deal

Ghana: Accra Hearts of Oak say their £1,000 fine for delaying kick-off against Ebusua Dwarfs was "strange and contentious". The delay happened after two of their players "were forced out of the stadium by Dwarfs fans and made to buy tickets to get back in again". Both players were also fined. Hearts: "They got a raw deal."

Plus: Damsels

Ghana: Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu says his players were subjected to an "indecent emotional attack" by three women positioned outside their changing room by opposition officials. Ghanaian Chronicle: "The three elegantly exquisite damsels made attempts to touch every member of the Kotoko contingent as they went inside." Konadu said it was distracting: "This is no good. It wasn't nice at all."

• This article was amended on 29 November 2011 to remove a statement about Arcady Gaydamak. We are happy to point out that Mr Gaydamak was cleared of charges related to arms dealing by the French Supreme Court on 29 April 2011.

• The following correction was published on 4 December 2011:"Said & Done" (Sport) was wrong to describe Sacha Gaydamak, former owner of Portsmouth FC, as "son of billionaire convicted arms trafficker Arcady". Mr Gaydamak was cleared of charges relating to arms dealing by the French Supreme Court on 29 April 2011. We apologise for this error.